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    GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon RX 480 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 965M or Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 965M Laptops
    Radeon RX 480 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 965M Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 965M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 5500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 965M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 12−14
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 27−30
    medium / 1080p 24−27 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 965M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 965M Radeon RX 480 mobile
    Architecture Maxwell Polaris
    Code name N16E-GS, N16E-GR Polaris
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 5 January 2015 1 August 2016
    Pipelines 1024 2304
    Core clock speed 944 MHz
    Boost Clock 950 / 1151 MHz 1077 MHz
    Transistor count 2,940 million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 73.60 155.1
    Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 4,963 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 8000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan 1.1 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 226 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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